What sort or people listen to WLRFM

niallo76 · 02-01-2020 10:32am

why not tune to OpenTempo--great stuff

Yellow_Fern · 02-01-2020 5:56pm

AAAAAAAAA wrote: »

old, conservative people, obviously enough. Local radio is utterly ****e across Ireland.

Old sensible people.

invara · 02-01-2020 10:22pm

Em... we are making heavy weather of this tread. 7 out of 10 adults in Waterford listen to WLR every single week.

Gardner · 03-01-2020 9:26am

invara wrote: »

Em... we are making heavy weather of this tread. 7 out of 10 adults in Waterford listen to WLR every single week.

7 out of 10 people in nursing homes more like it. the other 3 out of 10 are deaf.

interestingly enough on my behalf i tune in for the first 10 min every morning to hear who DT has on! most of it is ripped off Newstalk breakfast show. I have yet to hear DT take asunder a politician or a guest and he is probably a year in the job.

friendlyfun · 09-01-2020 12:22pm

Do they ever change their playlists or what? They always seem to play the same music every single day. It's like groundhog day listening to WLRFM

JohnC. · 09-01-2020 2:24pm

Is that different from any other station? Hearing the same songs on repeat is what made me abandon radio years ago.

vriesmays · 09-01-2020 6:07pm

Where do you expect them to buy new CDs in Waterford.

debok · 09-01-2020 6:36pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Where do you expect them to buy new CDs in Waterford.

Golden discs in city square

vriesmays · 09-01-2020 7:26pm

Better selection in Tesco.

91wx763 · 25-03-2020 1:48pm

Flow Motion wrote: »

Does Geoff ever update his music? Dont listen to a lot of WLRfm:D myself but the mother always has it on! And sometimes I have to pinch myself to see if I am dreaming. Groundhog day on the turntable : heavy on 80's and a little bit of the 90's if yer lucky :pac:

Bumped up......

Goof is on holidays this week, Andy McClusky is on instead, a VAST improvement, very professional, better selection of music, no inane ramblings. You can still feel the ABC coming out in him

However Damien Tiernan, while doing as well he probably can with the coronavirus going on, well get him away from that playout system. Playing half songs all the week to drive people off their tits, two songs playing together, the funeral announcements playing while interviewing people, the news after the weather, JJ on Suirside 40 years ago would have done better .........AAAAARGHHHHH !!!!!

:D

Teebor15 · 25-03-2020 10:51pm

91wx763 wrote: »

Bumped up......

Goof is on holidays this week, Andy McClusky is on instead, a VAST improvement, very professional, better selection of music, no inane ramblings. You can still feel the ABC coming out in him

However Damien Tiernan, while doing as well he probably can with the coronavirus going on, well get him away from that playout system. Playing half songs all the week to drive people off their tits, two songs playing together, the funeral announcements playing while interviewing people, the news after the weather, JJ on Suirside 40 years ago would have done better .........AAAAARGHHHHH !!!!! :D

Then you have Sound out with me Tony Kelly doing Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly with me Sound out on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Your listening to Sound out with me Tony Kelly and we're going to give away a Sound out with me Tony Kelly hat here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly straight after the break on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. ðŸ€¯

Anyone know who presents that Sound out program?

jimbojazz · 25-03-2020 11:02pm

Teebor15 wrote: »

Then you have Sound out with me Tony Kelly doing Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly with me Sound out on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Your listening to Sound out with me Tony Kelly and we're going to give away a Sound out with me Tony Kelly hat here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly straight after the break on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. &#55356;&#56367;

Anyone know who presents that Sound out program?

Rick Whelan

friendlyfun · 25-03-2020 11:15pm

Teebor15 wrote: »

Then you have Sound out with me Tony Kelly doing Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly with me Sound out on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Your listening to Sound out with me Tony Kelly and we're going to give away a Sound out with me Tony Kelly hat here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly straight after the break on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. &#55356;&#56367;

Anyone know who presents that Sound out program?

I actually like his show. Nice to see someone knew considering the rest are on the radio since nineteen eighty something playing the same tune every single day. It's like groundhog day listening to WLRFM.

Teebor15 · 25-03-2020 11:26pm

friendlyfun wrote: »

I actually like his show. Nice to see someone knew considering the rest are on the radio since nineteen eighty something playing the same tune every single day. It's like groundhog day listening to WLRFM.

His show is grand and he seems like a "Sound out" lad but he doesn't need to remind us every 2.3 seconds of the name of the show and who presents it.

I agree with the groundhog day. Same songs day after day after day. Normally switch off after Tiernan who is a huge step up from Eamon and Billy.

Rick Whelan is just nuts. He goes off talking about something then it's like he has no idea where he's going with it and you're genuinely left wondering just what the fcuk is he on about.

Harry Palmr · 25-03-2020 11:36pm

91wx763 wrote: »

Bumped up......

Goof is on holidays this week, Andy McClusky is on instead, a VAST improvement, very professional, better selection of music, no inane ramblings. You can still feel the ABC coming out in him

The ABC chaps were all taught in the "say it and play it" environment of proper commercial radio. WLR stock are wafflers.

DLS_75 · 26-03-2020 12:24am

Have to say I think Tony Kelly has been brilliant.

niallo76 · 26-03-2020 8:30am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The ABC chaps were all taught in the "say it and play it" environment of proper commercial radio. WLR stock are wafflers.

how dare you...Oliver Carrol still sticks rigidly to the 'say it and play it' schtick........every....fcukin.....time

niallo76 · 26-03-2020 8:37am

Ah lads,there has to be some radio station that plays Level42 these days...and thats' local radio station of the year...WLR'

niallo76 · 26-03-2020 8:41am

Was actually a little disheartened to find out that the morning show has a playlist made up by Ray C...that's a tough station,if ever there was one.

Gardner · 26-03-2020 9:52am

Teebor15 wrote: »

Then you have Sound out with me Tony Kelly doing Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly with me Sound out on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Your listening to Sound out with me Tony Kelly and we're going to give away a Sound out with me Tony Kelly hat here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly straight after the break on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. &#55356;&#56367;

Anyone know who presents that Sound out program?

awful show, chap loves himself. He would be better off creating a podcast that he can just send to his family and friends

niallo76 · 26-03-2020 10:23am

friendlyfun wrote: »

I actually like his show. Nice to see someone knew considering the rest are on the radio since nineteen eighty something playing the same tune every single day. It's like groundhog day listening to WLRFM.

a Spotify playlist is called for methinks???any one bothered??

friendlyfun · 26-03-2020 1:13pm

Teebor15 wrote: »

His show is grand and he seems like a "Sound out" lad but he doesn't need to remind us every 2.3 seconds of the name of the show and who presents it.

I agree with the groundhog day. Same songs day after day after day. Normally switch off after Tiernan who is a huge step up from Eamon and Billy.

Rick Whelan is just nuts. He goes off talking about something then it's like he has no idea where he's going with it and you're genuinely left wondering just what the fcuk is he on about.

Yeah that could get irritating. Who did he replace?

niallo76 · 26-03-2020 4:58pm

https://onlineradiobox.com/ie/wlrfm/playlist

You're welcome....ðŸ˜႒

iseegirls · 27-03-2020 10:00am

niallo76 wrote: »

https://onlineradiobox.com/ie/wlrfm/playlist

You're welcome....ðŸ˜႒

Never seen this before - very interesting site and details.

Can look back at Beat's playlist yesterday and see that such songs like Taylor Swift's The Man was played 4 times - going to show that do indeed repeat songs indefinitely daily.

Harry Palmr · 27-03-2020 11:12am

WLR-IMRO Local station of the year.

sure gets a lot of airplay.

niallo76 · 27-03-2020 12:32pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

sure gets a lot of airplay.

Well,they have mentioned it a few times alright...

DLS_75 · 27-03-2020 12:55pm

No coincidence that it came on their 30th anniversary. Those imro awards are some joke

Harry Palmr · 27-03-2020 2:25pm

If there is someone from Open Tempo reading this could you please use a track ID software programme, it's the worst aspect of the station -hearing something really groovy and not knowing a thing about it.

91wx763 · 27-03-2020 2:33pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

If there is someone from Open Tempo reading this could you please use a track ID software programme, it's the worst aspect of the station -hearing something really groovy and not knowing a thing about it.

Keep Shazam running as a background app ?

PatM65 · 28-03-2020 8:15pm

Teebor15 wrote: »

Then you have Sound out with me Tony Kelly doing Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Tony Kelly with me Sound out on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. Your listening to Sound out with me Tony Kelly and we're going to give away a Sound out with me Tony Kelly hat here on Sound out with me Tony Kelly straight after the break on Sound out with me Tony Kelly. ðŸ€¯

Anyone know who presents that Sound out program?

Tonight is his last show apparently.

Teebor15 · 28-03-2020 8:41pm

PatM65 wrote: »

Tonight is his last show apparently.

Jaysus, I was only making an observation, he's doing a grand job, didn't think he'd take it so seriously!

PatM65 · 28-03-2020 9:17pm

Teebor15 wrote: »

Jaysus, I was only making an observation, he's doing a grand job, didn't think he'd take it so seriously!

https://twitter.com/thisistonykelly/status/1243974707042570241?s=19

91wx763 · 29-03-2020 9:26pm

PatM65 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/thisistonykelly/status/1243974707042570241?s=19

I think you may find many radio stations will start going "automatic" for non peak hours broadcasts until the pandemic passes. Just music with jingles. Watch this space......

niallo76 · 30-03-2020 12:27am

91wx763 wrote: »

I think you may find many radio stations will start going "automatic" for non peak hours broadcasts until the pandemic passes. Just music with jingles. Watch this space......

Nothing new for the old order of djs in WLR.They've been on ''automatic" for quite a while now....

sitkaspruce · 31-03-2020 11:18pm

niallo76 wrote: »

Nothing new for the old order of djs in WLR.They've been on ''automatic" for quite a while now....

Is Ray C gone too? John O'S was covering his show earlier, and doing a great job too.

StringerBell · 01-04-2020 12:28am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

If there is someone from Open Tempo reading this could you please use a track ID software programme, it's the worst aspect of the station -hearing something really groovy and not knowing a thing about it.

I'll pass on the request but being honest you may be able to get some to implement this, bit definitely not all!

91wx763 · 01-04-2020 11:29am

sitkaspruce wrote: »

Is Ray C gone too? John O'S was covering his show earlier, and doing a great job too.

Deise today replay now on at 10pm.

Gardner · 01-04-2020 11:50am

StringerBell wrote: »

I'll pass on the request but being honest you may be able to get some to implement this, bit definitely not all!

There was a few decent shows on Open Tempo. the saturday sports show was better than any of the ****e that WLR produce. Now there is a department that needs a huge overall.
Also there was a decent heavy/death metal show and another show used to blast out anything from Pearl Jam to Rory Gallagher. when they all finished i stopped listening.

StringerBell · 01-04-2020 1:54pm

They change when the djs change alright, the Saturday sports show if I remember correctly had to go for legal reasons why one of those involved got into a bit of bother doing stuff they shouldn't have and wouldn't back down.

There is still some good stuff on it, but tbf you won't please everyone anyway, good friend of mine does a Friday show that some people absolutely love and tune into weekly but it definitely wouldn't be for everyone, same as that polish rap show.

Gardner · 01-04-2020 3:14pm

StringerBell wrote: »

They change when the djs change alright, the Saturday sports show if I remember correctly had to go for legal reasons why one of those involved got into a bit of bother doing stuff they shouldn't have and wouldn't back down.

There is still some good stuff on it, but tbf you won't please everyone anyway, good friend of mine does a Friday show that some people absolutely love and tune into weekly but it definitely wouldn't be for everyone, same as that polish rap show.

never knew that. easy known who put an end to that so!

BBM77 · 07-05-2020 11:19am

Think a more relevant question is what sort of people work in WLR FM?

Not a big listener of WLR just try to catch the local news and interviews on subjects I’m interested in. They would make you facepalm they are so bad! Nobody there seems to know how to correctly use the studio controls. They can’t write news stories correctly on their website, the English and grammar is embarrassing. They often don’t know the correct title or pronunciation of local place names. Remember one time the news reader could not pronounce Slievekeale; Waterford Local Radio and they did not know how to say Slievekeale! Another time the presenter kept calling John Roberts Square “The Square”. The Square is not even a term used for the area for god sake. Is the concept that The Square in Dungarvan and John Roberts Square are two different places too hard to understand and get the names correct. The amount of time they spend promoting and talking about Cork is ridiculous again considering it is Waterford Local Radio.

Surely, when hiring presenters and producers in WLR a strong knowledge of Waterford is a minimum. Apparently not.

Harry Palmr · 07-05-2020 11:23am

Okay you've now got me worried that I'm not pronouncing Slievekeale correctly.

Johnboy1951 · 07-05-2020 11:35am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Okay you've now got me worried that I'm not pronouncing Slievekeale correctly.

Phonetically

Shlave-kale

should be close.

Harry Palmr · 07-05-2020 12:14pm

So not Sleeve-keel

azimuth17 · 07-05-2020 12:34pm

For those interested in the etymology of such things I believe it is from the irish, the "narrow way"into town. Slay kale boy! Hennessy's Road used to be called "Bottomy" from the English, the"bottom way" into town. I wonder how many on here have even heard that expression? The main road into town was The Yellow Road". All three routes arrived at the West or St Patrick's Gate at the top of Patrick Street before the eponymous "New Gate" was built in Newgate Street.

Johnboy1951 · 07-05-2020 12:45pm

azimuth17 wrote: »

For those interested in the etymology of such things I believe it is from the irish, the "narrow way"into town. Slay kale boy! Hennessy's Road used to be called "Bottomy" from the English, the"bottom way" into town. I wonder how many on here have even heard that expression? The main road into town was The Yellow Road". All three routes arrived at the West or St Patrick's Gate at the top of Patrick Street before the eponymous "New Gate" was built in Newgate Street.

I vaguely recall being told about that in primary school (Patricks St) back in the day.
I guess it was of some interest because the city wall runs along the back of the school.
While on the subject, I wonder how many remember the old Penitentiary building on Bottomy, just opposite where Roanmore Park meets Hennessy's Road?
That was a fine structure, shame it was knocked.

91wx763 · 07-05-2020 4:28pm

BBM77 wrote: »

Think a more relevant question is what sort of people work in WLR FM?

Not a big listener of WLR just try to catch the local news and interviews on subjects I’m interested in. They would make you facepalm they are so bad! Nobody there seems to know how to correctly use the studio controls. They can’t write news stories correctly on their website, the English and grammar is embarrassing. They often don’t know the correct title or pronunciation of local place names. Remember one time the news reader could not pronounce Slievekeale; Waterford Local Radio and they did not know how to say Slievekeale! Another time the presenter kept calling John Roberts Square “The Square”. The Square is not even a term used for the area for god sake. Is the concept that The Square in Dungarvan and John Roberts Square are two different places too hard to understand and get the names correct. The amount of time they spend promoting and talking about Cork is ridiculous again considering it is Waterford Local Radio.

Surely, when hiring presenters and producers in WLR a strong knowledge of Waterford is a minimum. Apparently not.

Their "playout" system has a mind of its own jumps around like a kangaroo, I've even heard accomplished persenters Andy McClusky and Timmy Ryan coming to an abrupt halt. DT seems to suffer most with it, spends his life apologizing for telephone sound quality too. There were big ISDN issues getting the signals from the Dungarvan studio and from the OB wagon a while back if I recall correctly.

@trickofthetail of this board who is an international expert in the broadcast production game (not used by WLR) may know the studio's technical specs that don't seem to work very well but I believe WLR have gone through quite a few tech blokes since the days of Gidio and Pat Maher (if he's still there he goes without mention).

The website, well look at the death page and it still refers to mice in Ned Kellys 3 months later.

The station applauds itself for its broadcasting foundation course, for want of another description it's "apprenticeship in radio" (to get cheap staff IMHO !), rather than having quality presenters with high standards when it reaches the ear of the listener.......

niallo76 · 07-05-2020 4:48pm

Sleeves for Howard

91wx763 · 11-06-2020 12:11pm

Note Andy McClusky is on the lunchtime show instead of Harris but with his name on the lunchtime jingle.....

sitkaspruce · 11-06-2020 12:18pm

91wx763 wrote: »

Note Andy McClusky is on the lunchtime show instead of Harris but with his name on the lunchtime jingle.....

I think Andy Mac is covering Geoffs Holidays during the week.

What sort or people listen to WLRFM

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